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Ariel Willow St. James the basics full name ♦ Ariel Willow St. James nicknames ♦ -- age ♦ nineteen birthday ♦ May 14th, 1996 occupation ♦ Student school ♦ Tulane University ability/power ♦ Pain Transference species ♦ Human how the ability works ♦ |
gender ♦ female | she, her, hers
sexuality ♦unsure[/div]
the appearance
face claim ♦ Freya Mavor
height and weight ♦ 5'10", 110 lbs
identifying features ♦ Do freckles count? Despite the fact that she sometimes wears makeup to hide them, she has a ton of freckles that she kind of hates. Aside from that, she has gorgeous light gray eyes that then to make people notice her, and blonde hair that is so curly it's almost unruly. She also has a very large watercolor tattoo of a ballerina on her ribcage.
overall appearance ♦
[/i]. She isn't exactly a fashion designer, but she knows what looks good on her body, what works and flatters her assets and what just… doesn't. She has a tendency to wear a lot of bright colors and patterns and textures with lots of different layers. She never wears heels, finding flats and sandals to be far more comfortable than anything that would make her super freaking tall. Or, well, taller than she already is. Her makeup tends to be simple, but her hair is often curly and almost unruly, so anything that she does with it is more often to tame it down than it is to do with fashion or appearances. height and weight ♦ 5'10", 110 lbs
identifying features ♦ Do freckles count? Despite the fact that she sometimes wears makeup to hide them, she has a ton of freckles that she kind of hates. Aside from that, she has gorgeous light gray eyes that then to make people notice her, and blonde hair that is so curly it's almost unruly. She also has a very large watercolor tattoo of a ballerina on her ribcage.
overall appearance ♦
Ariel's body is often peppered with several bruises, not only from shoving her feet into vicious pointe shoes, but also because when she isn't dancing, she is one of the most clumsy people to have ever graced New Orleans. On more than one occasion she has been referred to as being "as graceful as a fish on dry land", but that is one title that she doesn't fight… because she knows it's completely and totally true.[/ul][/div]
the personality
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[/u] Maybe not physically, but at least emotionally and mentally, Ariel is very strong. You have to be when your entire ability is centered around taking on the pain of someone else. dislikes ♦
strengths ♦
Patience: If someone is having trouble, she's one of the first people to volunteer to help. For that reason, she's a tutor for more than a few of her classes.
Loyalty: When Ariel makes a friend, it's basically for life, and she will stick by that person through thick and thin, come hell or high water. However, this loyalty can also be seen as a weakness, since it tends to blinds her to the bad deeds or misguided actions of her friends.
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weaknesses ♦
"Slightly overprotective": If she cares about someone, and you hurt that person, be prepared to be put through every single level of hell that exists in any kind of story or myth. Now multiply that by two, and you have Ariel.
Impulsive: Despite the fact that she is going to school to be a doctor, Ariel has a tendency to be a bit on the rash and impulsive side, and has a tendency to forget to think things all the way through before she does them. She tends to leap without thinking about what's on the other side, though she's gotten remarkably good at dealing with those pesky things called "consequences" in the meantime. [/ul]
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the history
father ♦ Unknown
mother ♦ Emily St. James, Deceased, nurse
siblings ♦ None known
important people ♦
hometown ♦ Stirling, Scotland
overall history ♦
[/i] to know him either. He had never been in her life, and wasn't even listed on a birth certificate, there was just an empty space there where there was supposed to be a signature. All the same, her mother did pretty well as a single mother. She was a nurse, so while money wasn't exactly an abundant and infinite resource, she knew how to stretch a dime, and the pair of them got by, living in a small house in Scotland for the first five years of her life. However, when she turned five, her mother received a job offer at the best children's hospital in New Orleans, so they packed up their things and flew stateside.mother ♦ Emily St. James, Deceased, nurse
siblings ♦ None known
important people ♦
hometown ♦ Stirling, Scotland
overall history ♦
Adjusting to life in New Orleans wasn't exactly easy, at first kids had a tendency to pick on her because of the heavy Scottish accent that made her words lilt, and it was an accent that never truly left her. To this day Ariel will get people asking her where she's from and what it's like over there. She tends to get tired of people asking her, but she usually answered the questions and moved on with the conversation, because in her mind, that was easier than confrontation. Throughout her childhood, Ariel could often be found with a book in hand, ignoring the world as she delved into a world so much unlike her own.
Ariel didn't discover her power until she was almost twelve years old, and even then… it was an accident. Her mother had hoped that her daughter would be born without a power, would be able to live a normal life… but of course, it couldn't be that easy. No, Ariel was born with the same exact power as her mother; she can take away people's pain. She actually discovered it completely on accident; one of her friends had rolled her ankle at the dance class that her mother taught and she attended, and she had reached out, intending to comfort her friend and wishing that she could take the pain away… Upon contact, she felt a wave of pain hit her, knocking her to the ground and crying out as her friend ceased crying completely. It didn't take long for her mother to figure out what had happened… and Ariel's instruction in her ability began. It was a cursed life, having the ability to take people's pain onto yourself. If she wasn't careful, she could end up ill and in pain for multiple days, and the more she took… the worse it affected her.
There was a rule. One, single rule that her mother had driven into her mind. "You must not take too much, my dear. If you remember nothing else, remember that." But it was not Ariel who broke this rule. In fact, it was the very person who warned her about it; it was a busy night in emergency intake, and there was a child, a small child, who needed time… and Emily St. James had given him that time. She took his pain, all of it, and went into a coma after hours and hours of pain nobody could help her with. For four months she lay unconscious, every vital organ slowly shutting down as her ability ate away at her life force and she passed in her sleep, with Ariel at her side. Ariel herself had been recently accepted into Tulane University on a full scholarship and admittance into their pre-med program, but given the circumstances, they allowed her to defer her attendance for a year. However, there was one problem not solved: a small matter of housing. Ariel and her mother had no relatives, at least none in the country with whom she still had any ties, and she was legally an adult, but she had no job, no money, and no hope at being able to find one that would keep up with the bills. It was hard for her… but she would have to let it go. She packed her things, moved some of them into a storage shed she could hardly afford, and sold the house, donating everything that couldn't be saved, due to lack of room or lack of need, to those less fortunate.
Ariel had attended Phalanx more out of need for need of companionship than anything else; she needed to be around people who wouldn't look at her like she was insane if she told them what she could do. Instead, most of the people there looked at her like they felt sorry for her, and if she was being completely honest… she couldn't say that she blamed them. This ability was not exactly an enviable one. After a year was up, she re-enrolled herself at Tulane and was accepted almost immediately, and so she went to live on campus, planning to return over the summer to live at Phalanx.
the role player
alias ♦ Sara
age ♦ Old enough to get hammered on margaritas and yell at my tv when ships don't do the thing (not that I do that but I have the option)
pronouns ♦ she/her/hers
code ♦ Admin Edit
other characters ♦ @taylor , @jen , @lily
[/ul][/div][/div][/td][/tr][/tbody][/table]age ♦ Old enough to get hammered on margaritas and yell at my tv when ships don't do the thing (not that I do that but I have the option)
pronouns ♦ she/her/hers
code ♦ Admin Edit
other characters ♦ @taylor , @jen , @lily
made by remi of rilla go!
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